Monitoring the birth of an industry
Some key questions posed for input also providing context insight into current thinking at CMS relative to ACOs. Here they are direct from the ‘Medicare Program; Request for Information Regarding Accountable Care Organizations and the Medicare Shared Saving Program’ posted in Federal Register /Vol. 75, No. 221 /on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 / Proposed Rules. Solicitation …
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ACPE members met in Tuscon on November 14th – 18th, 2010. Dr. Elliot Fisher, who oversees the Dartmouth-Brookings Pilot (ACO) Project, and who is often credited for ‘coining’ the term ‘Accountable Care Organization’ chairs the panel, featuring: Mark Werner, MD, CPE, FACPE — Chief Medical Officer of the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virgina, and an ACPE …
On Tuesday, November 3oth, 2010 at 10:00, Pacific, ACO Watch: A Mid-week Review of the Market will launch with J. Peter Rich as special commentator. Not a day goes by without some reference to Accountable Care Organizations or ‘ACO’s’ in print or online media whether of the main or ‘lame stream’ variety. Throw in the …
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We’ve witnessed several industry stakeholders step up and issue statements of principles pertinent to the ‘OG & E’ (i.e., the organization, governance & equity) domain for Accountable Care Organizations recently. The American Medical Association (AMA), California Medical Association (CMA), and an alliance of primary care physician organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAFP), the America College of Physicians (ACP), …
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L. Gordon Moore, MD With permission from the author I post below a long anecdote about a high functioning solo primary care practice looking to link up with a local group. This is supposed to be the way to a future state in which primary care practices operate as the front lines of vertically integrated …
Kent Bottles, MD When a health system asked me to facilitate a Board discussion on physician alignment and integration on November 12, 2010, I was already committed to giving a keynote on the future of health care for the American Institute of CPAs in Las Vegas on November 11.Although I usually fly Delta or USAir …
On November 30th, 2010 at 10:00 AM Pacific and 1:00 PM Eastern, ‘ACO Watch’ will launch a weekly round-up of action in the emerging Accountable Care Organization (ACO) ‘tsunami’. As the volume of activity builds in anticipation of the January 2012 ‘go live’ date, we will summarize, vet, and comment on the activities of the …
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Tony Miller, for HealthLeaders Media The Accountable Care Organization model presents extraordinary opportunities. It promises to move Medicare and potentially other payers from traditional, volume-driven, inherently inefficient, and counter-productive fee-for-service financing to a value-driven, patient-centric approach to payment and care delivery. And unlike a multitude of other reform initiatives affecting care delivery and payment, the …
Donald M. Berwick Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services This document is a request for comments regarding certain aspects of the policies and standards that will apply to accountable care organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare program under section 3021 or 3022 of the Affordable Care Act. Comment Date: To be assured consideration, comments must …
Donald Berwick submitted testimony: To watch the hearing click here. Chairman Baucus, Ranking Member Grassley, and Members of the Committee; thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss ways to strengthen Medicare and Medicaid and modernize America’s health care delivery system. The Affordable Care Act, passed by Congress and signed into law …
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